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I lead our little group away from the bar and lean closer to Aubrey so we can hear each other over the shouting and cheers froloss, eyes lined heavily with dark oing?" she asks, and then bites her bottoive her my best smile "Not bad at all"

Chapter THREE

London

IT’S NOT LIKE I’ve never done this before--had a one-night stand--but the nuh that when I see Luke walk into Fred’s the next night, the thought I’ve had sex with hih one, replaced just as quickly with What the hell is he doing here? Sex with a guy like Luke is supposed to asms and a smile you have to explain to your friends the next day It’s also supposed to be a one-ti I’m fairly certain ere both clear on that point

I never planned on seeing Luke again, which is exactly why I didn’t bother correcting hi nas when he walks into Fred’s with Not-Joe, Oliver’s goofy employee and one of my favorite people

They head straight toward o about ets it I can’t quite h, and I wonder briefly if he’s disappointed that I’ for a repeat performance Which--let’s be real for a second--wouldn’t be the worst idea I’ve ever had, because when Luke clai Not even a little

But I’ht--even when it was so good I kept thinking, I don’t want this to end, I don’t ever want him to come and this to be over--and my instinct is reaffirmed now as I watch yet another brunette sidle up next to him

This is why hookups never work fortotheirs There are too s attached

The place gradually starts to fill There’s a ga from a few of the overhead TVs, and the periodic roar of the crowd tears through the bar It’s so busy I’ve al so their way toward the exit Together

There’s an unco sensation in hs at soh the door This feeling is strange--it’s not anger, and it’s not hurt But it is mild irritation, at best, and I’ll definitely serve him Heineken if he ever co the empty doorway until Fred ?" he says, following " I look up at Fred and grin "Just so," he says, and props a hip against the counter "Guy? Girl?"

"Guy," I say, and reach across to poke hi so nosy, but watching him tease Harlow never fails to makepoint"

He chuckles as he steps out of ht just went up about three hundred points on the interesting scale Not sure I’ve heard you uy since you’ve been here"

"That’s because we’re not sitting under a dryer at the hair salon"

Fred laughs at that and sets up a round of shots for one of the waitresses "Not sure I have enough hair left to sit under a dryer these days, anyway," he says, and I catch his eyes flicker back toward the door "Too bad he left, huh?"

My fingers pause on the cash register and I look over at hi shit to yesterday"

"I think we both know that doesn’t really narrow it down for me, Fred," I say with a saccharine s about Cocky one with all the hair"